Mop making machine



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INVENTOR. DOUGLAS 0. SMALL MM 2 Jzm ATTORNEY nited fittes Ftent 1,15 win -(FE 280 3 Patented July 30, 1957 2,801,135 MOP MAKlNG MACHINE Douglas C. Small, Swansea, Mass assignor to Smail Brothers Manufacturing Company, Inc, Fall River, Mass., a corporation of Massachusetts Application July 12, 1955, Serial No. 521,526 5 Ciaims. (Cl. 3913-16) This invention relates to a mop making machine and more particularly to a machine which automatically fastens a supply of coarse yarn to a handle and then automatically severs the yarn from a continuous supply.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a machine for making a mop.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a machine for bringing an endless supply of coarse yarn to a station where periodically in an automatic cycle a handle is attached and carried to a position where automatic means sever the coarse yarn from the endless supply; whereby a mop is provided.

And still another object of the present invention is to provide an inexpensive mop, economically sufficient to be disposed of after one use.

Other objects of the present invention will be pointed out in part and become apaprent in part in the following Figure 5 is a right hand elevational view of Figure l. a Figure 6 is a fragmentary side elevational view, partly in section, taken along line 66 of Figure 3.

Figure 7 is a perspective view looking from the front left hand corner of the machine towards the rear right corner of the machine.

Figure 8 is a perspective view looking from the rear right corner of the machine towards the front left corner of the machine.

Figure 9 is a cross sectional view through the pin hopper.

and pin advancing mechanism, taken along line 9-9 of Figure 1.

Figure 10 is a side elevational view of a cam detail as seen in part in Figure 7.

Figure 11 is a sectional view of the handle hopper mechanism and the pin stapling mechanism.

Figure 12 is a perspective view of the handle hopper.

Figure 13 is a perspective view of the ejector mechanism.

Figure 14 is a perspective view of the pin hopper.

Figure 15 is a longitudinal cross sectional view of the arm which actuates the mechanism for ejecting the pins out of the hopper and into the index wheel taken along line 15-15 of Figure 1.

Figure 16 is a fragmentary side elevational view of the hammer linkage.

Figure 17 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the construction of the indexing wheel.

Figure 18 shows the mop produced by the present mop making machine.

In proceeding with this invention four leg brackets 11, 12, 13 and 14 are secured to a platform 15. Two columns 16 and 16A are mounted and secured to the tops of leg brackets 12 and 13. A shelf 17 is secured to leg brackets 11, 12 and 13 (see Figures 3 and 5). Two U frames 18 and 19 are fixed to shelf 17. A power unit 20 provided with a shaft 21 is secured to platform 15. A main drive shaft 23 is rotatably mounted in bearings 9 and 24 secured to leg brackets 13 and 11 respectively.

A rim actuating cam 25 is fixed to drive shaft 23. A tear drop cam 26 (see Figures 2, 3, 7, 10 and 11) and an elliptical cam 27 (see Figures 2, 3, 7, 10 and 11) secured together are fixed to drive shaft 23. A lever 28 is mounted for reciprocation upon drive shaft 23, adjacent cam 27. An indexing wheel generally indicated by reference character 31 is mounted for independent rotation upon shaft 23.

An eccentric cam 31, a sprocket 32, a Geneva cam 33, a peripheral groove cam 34 and a gear 35 see Figure 8 are fixed to shaft 23. Gear 35 engages pinion 36 fixed to shaft 21 driven by power unit 213.

Auxiliary shaft 48 is rotatably mounted in bearing 41 fixed to leg bracket 14 and in a bearing 141 fixed to leg bracket 12. Secured to auxiliary shaft 46 is an indexing sprocket 42 and a Geneva follower 43.

Indexing wheel 319 consists of a disc 225 provided with a plurality of evenly spaced slots 45 and a plurality of notches 46 evenly spaced between slots 45 and has a plurality of segmental blocks 226 fixed to disc 225 in a. manner to provide a hammer guideway 227 between said segmental blocks 226. A rim 228 having companion.

slots 45A and companion notches 46A is fixed to segmental blocks 226 in a manner to provide a circumferential groove 44 between rim 228 and disc 225 with segmental blocks 226 forming a base for said circumferential groove 44. Companion slots 45B are provided in segmental blocks 226. g

The endless supply of coarse yarn lays in groove 44. The mop handle lays in notches 46 and 46A. The wire staples lay in notches 46 and 46A. Hammer 125 reciprocates in hammer guideway 227, in a manner later to be described. Slots 45 and 45A admit the knife used for severing the endless supply of coarse yarn as will presently appear.

Leg bracket 13 is provided integrally with an extension arm 60 to which is fixed a bearing 61 and the male portion 62 of a dovetail. The female portion 63 of the dovetail is slidably mounted to the male portion 62 and carries a power unit 64 which drives a rotary knife 65 partially protected by a guard 66.

A shaft 67 is mounted for reciprocating movement in bearing 61 and 68. Bearing 68 is secured in column 16A. A lever 71) provided with a forked end 71 is fixed to shaft 67. A pin 72 fixed in female portion 63 is engaged by forked end A pinion 73 is also fixed to shaft 67.

A hopper for handles generally indicated at 50 comprises a back 51 terminating in front rails 52 and 53.-

A base 54 provided with a groove 55 supports and has fixed to it back 51 and rails 52, 53. A piston 56 slidably mounted in groove 55 is pivotally connected at 57 to a cam follower arm 58 provided with a roller which rides against and is actuated by face cam 25. Cam follower arm 58 is pivotally connected at 81 to a projection 82 secured to a bracket 83 which is fixed to leg 11. A pair of braces 84, 85 are fixed on opposite sides to base 54 and to projection 82. A similar set of braces 86, 87 are fixed on opposite sides to base 54 and to bracket 83. Guideways 91 91 are formed between rails 52, 53 and back 51. Mop handles are stacked in guideways 90, 91 and are selectively positioned, for purposes later to be described, by piston 56.

A hopper 101 having a V shape is provided to house straight wire staples. A tube 182 is secured in U frame 18 and in one leg of U frame 19. Hopper 161 is located in U frame 19 and is fixed in position by means of the end of tube N2 which is welded to it. A band 1113 cating movement in tube 182 and in one position projects through bores 215 and 216 in the walls of hopper:

a 101 to position a staple in a notch 46 of indexing wheel 30. A cam follower 105 which engages the groove in cam 34 is fixed in. one end of a lever 106 which is pivotally mounted at 107 to a projection 108' secured to leg 13. The other end of lever 106 is forked 217 to engage a circular groove 218 in a collar 112 which is slidably' mounted 011 tube 102. A wing 1 13 is secured to the end of piston 104 and reciprocates in a slot 114 provided in tube 102. A round fiange 115 is fixed to Wing 113 and is adjustably connected to collar 112' by means of screw threads 116. V V

' After a wire staple is pushed into groove 46 a hammer 117 forms the staple into a U shape, by forcing the midsection of the staple into circumferential groove 44 over hammer guideway 227. Groove 46 carries the U "shaped staple to the supply of coarse yarn and a handle.

' A bracket 118 is secured to leg 11. Hammer 117 is fixed to one end of link120, the other'end of which is pivotally connected at 121 to adog shaped lever 122. Lever 122 is pivoted at 123 to bracket 118; Lever 122 has a forked end 124.

Lever 28 is provided on oneend with an anvil 125 and ismounted for reciprocating movement through an elonged slot 126 engaging shaft 23. A cam follower 127 fixed in 'lever 28 is actuated by elliptical cam 27. Forked end 124engages and is actuated by cam follpwer. 127. Tear drop cam 26at one point in its circular cycle. abuts. the-end of link 120 as. a matter-of insuring thatlink 120 is properly positioned by dog shaped lever 122.

Eccentric cam 31 is embraced by a cam follower 130 formed on the end of lever 131, the end of which is pivotally connected to a link 132. A lever 133 is fixed to shaft 134 which is rotatively mounted in columns 16 and 16A. Link 132 is pivotally connected to lever 133. A second lever 135 is fixed on one end to shaft 134 and is pivotally connected at 136 to a second link 137.

A. pair of guide blocks 140 and 141 are secured, to

columns 16 and 16A respectively. Mounted for sliding. movement in guide blocks 140 and 141 are bearings 142 and 143 respectively. A shaft 144 is secured in bearings 142 and 143. 7 V

A pair of levers 145, 146. are pivotally mounted on shaft 144 onone end and have a shaft 147 secured in their opposite end. Link 137 is pivotally connected to shaft 147. Two levers 148 and 150 are pivotally mounted. on one, end to, shaft 147 .and have a shaft 151 secured in their opposite end.. A lever 152 having a hammer 153 formed in one end is pivotally connected to shaft 151. A guide block 154 is, fixed to columns 16v and 16A and guides lever 152 in its reciprocating movement. A gear is fixed to shaft 134 and engages pinion73. v

A bracket 161 having arms 162 and 163 is fixed to column 16.. A shaft 164 is slidably mounted in arms 162, 163. A collar 165 is fixed to shaft 164. A coil spring 166. is positioned. between collar 165 and 'arm 162. Shaft 164 is bifurcated a 163 to rotatively mount a. disk 167 through a shaft 170. Disk 167 extends into groove 44. A lever 171 isprovided on the end: of shaft 164. toraise disk 167 out of groove 44 against the tension of spring 166. V a

Leg. 11 see Figure 7 is provided with two plates 175, 1 76. A lever 177 is fixed to shaft 178 which is pivotally mounted to plate 175. A coil spring 220 is attached on one end. to lever 177 and to a bracket 180 on the other end. A lever 131 provided with two cam followers 182 and 183 is slidably connected at 184 to plate 176 and ispivotally connected at 135 to lever 177.

Rim actuating cam25 is provided with a projection 186 which engages followed 183 and with a second projection 187 which engages follower 182.

- An ejector, lever 190 provided with a stem 191 on one end is pivotally mounted through an elongated slot:

192 to shaft 23. A link 194 is pivotally connected to lever 190 at 195 on one end and'is fixed on its opposite end to shaft 178.

In operation, an endless-supply of coarse yarn is passed through trumpet 200 to lay in groove.44.l

Power unit 20 through shaft 21 and pinion 36will cause. shaft 23 to rotate through engagement of gear 35 with pinion 36. Geneva cam 33 rotating With shaft 23 through cam arm 201 fixed to Geneva camv 33, engages Geneva follower 43 to turn shaft 40 the equivalent of one index station on follower 43. The movement of shaft 40 causes indexing sprocket 42 to engage andtrotate indexing wheel 30 one station through indexing pins 47. As

previously described a staple is positioned ina notch 46,.

is shaped into a U and as indem'ngwheel 301s periodically rotated the staple is presented beneath. the endless supply of coarse yarn. Disk 167 forcesthe coarse yarn into. the U of the staple. Continuedrotation of indexingwheel 30 presents the particular groove 46 to the-station wherein a handle, preferably of wood, is placed in notch 46 by means of piston 56which pushes a handle out of hopper 50. Piston 56 is actuated by themovement of rim actuating cam 25 Working against roller 80 fixed to the end of cam follower arm 58. i As previously'described eliptical cam 27 fixed to shaft 23 positions anvil 125 beneath the base of the U of the 'wire' staple and drives the staple through the handle and against the hammer 153. At the same time hammer 153i folds the legs'of the wire staple .over into a locked position, uniting a Wooden handle to the continuous supply of' coarse yarn by means of the wire staple.

Continued rotation of the indexing wheel 30 brings the assembled unit to a position in front of rotary knife 65 which severs-the coarse yarn, thereby producing an individual mop. In order to insure the removal of the mop from groove 44, rim actuating cam 25 through 'projections*186 and. 187 reciprocates stem 191 to force 1y described;

In order to insure the placing of a wire staple in the the mop from groove 44. This movement was previous-- path of piston 104 as it passes through hopper 10.1 to

push a staple intonotch 46, hopper 101 is vibrated.

A shaft 205 rotatively mounted in bearings 206 and 207 fixed tolegs 12' and 13respectively is provided with V a sprocket 208 and a four pronged star wheel 210 which periodically abuts hopper 101 to vibrate it. A sprocket 32 is connected'to sprocket 208 by means of a chain 211. Shaft 23 revolves sprocket 32.

Having shown and described a preferred embodiment of the present invention, by. way of example, but realizing V provided with a plurality of uniformly and radially spaced 7 notches located in its peripheralface and a plurality of indexing pins fixed in its side, one indexing pin for each notch, an auxiliary shaft rotatably mounted-in said machine frame, a Geneva follower and an-indexingsprocket fixedto saidauxiliary shaft, said Geneva cam engaging to rotate said Geneva follower, said indexing sprocket engaging said indexing pins to rotatesaid in-.

dexing wheel the distance between notches, a peripheral mop roving fixed to-thehandle from" the supply of" roving remaining in said peripheral groove to produce a mop.

2. A mop making machine comprising a machine frame, a main drive shaft rotatably mounted in said machine frame, a Geneva cam fixed to said main drive shaft, means to rotate said main drive shaft, an indexing wheel provided with a peripheral groove, a plurality of notches evenly spaced in the peripheral face of the indexing wheel, a plurality of saw slots evenly spaced between said notches and located in the peripheral face of said indexing wheel, a plurality of indexing pins fixed in one side of said indexing wheel, one of said indexing pins being associated with one notch and one saw slot, said indexing wheel being mounted on said main drive shaft for independent rotation, an auxiliary shaft rotatably mounted in said machine frame, a Geneva follower and an indexing sprocket being fixed to said auxiliary shaft, said Geneva cam engaging to rotate said Geneva follower through said Geneva follower to rotate said auxiliary shaft and said indexing sprocket which engages said indexing pins to rotate said indexing wheel the distance of one notch with each engagement of the indexing sprocket with an indexing pin, mop roving positioned in said peripheral groove, a handle hopper provided with a supply of mop handles fixed to the machine frame, means to position a mop handle in a notch as each notch reaches the hopper in the rotation of said indexing wheel, means to secure said mop handle to mop roving and means including a rotating blade for periodically engaging and disengaging said saw slots to sever mop roving in said peripheral groove to provide a mop handle attached to a mop of roving.

3. A mop making machine comprising a machine frame, a main drive shaft rotatably mounted in said machine frame, a Geneva cam, a rim actuating cam and an eccentric cam, all said cams being fixed to said main drive shaft, means to rotate said main drive shaft, an indexing wheel provided with a peripheral groove, a plurality of notches evenly spaced in the peripheral face of the indexing wheel, a plurality of saw slots evenly spaced between said notches and located in the peripheral face of said indexing wheel, a plurality of indexing pins fixed in one side of said indexing wheel adjacent each notch, said indexing wheel being mounted on said main drive shaft for independent rotation thereon, an auxiliary shaft rotatably mounted in said machine frame, a Geneva follower and an indexing sprocket being fixed to said auxiliary shaft, said Geneva :cam engaging to rotate said Geneva follower and auxiliary shaft and indexing sprocket which periodically in rotation engages an indexing pin to rotate said indexing wheel the distance of one notch, mop roving engaging said peripheral groove, a handle hopper secured to said machine frame having a groove, a piston slidably mounted in said groove, a cam follower arm pivotally mounted in the machine frame and pivotally connected to said piston, a roller rotatively mounted on one end of said cam follower arm and adapted to yieldingly engage said rim actuating cam to periodically actuate the piston to push a handle into a notch, means to secure said handle to said mop roving, a motor, a saw blade secured to said motor, said motor being slidably mounted in said machine frame and under control of said eccentric cam to periodically position said saw blade in a saw slot to sever said mop roving.

4. A mop making machine comprising a machine frame, a main drive shaft rotatably mounted in said machine frame, a Geneva cam fixed to said main drive shaft, means to rotate said main drive shaft, an indexing wheel mounted for independent rotation on said main drive shaft and provided with a plurality of uniformly and radially spaced notches and saw slots located in its peripheral face and a plurality of indexing pins fixed in its side, one indexing pin for each notch and saw slot, an orifice radially positioned in said indexing wheel adjacent the base of each notch an auxiliary shaft rotatably mounted in said machine frame, a Geneva follower and an indexing sprocket fixed to said auxiliary shaft, said Geneva cam engaging to rotate said Geneva follower, said auxiliary shaft and said indexing sprocket, said indexing sprocket engaging said indexing pins to rotate said indexing wheel, a peripheral groove in said indexing wheel, mop roving carried in said peripheral groove, a handle hopper provided with handles fixed to the machine frame, means under control of said main drive shaft to position a handle in a notch at the hopper as the indexing Wheel rotates to handle receiving position at the hopper, means including a wire staple operating through a radially positioned orifice and under control of said main drive shaft to secure said handle to said mop roving and means under control of said main drive shaft including a revolving blade for periodically engaging said saw slot to sever said mop roving fixed to said handle from the supply of roving remaining in said peripheral groove.

5. A mop making machine comprising a machine frame, a main drive shaft rotatably mounted in said machine frame, a Geneva cam, a rim actuating cam, an eccentric cam, an elliptical cam, a peripheral groove cam all being fixed to said main drive shaft, means to rotate said main drive shaft, an indexing wheel provided with a peripheral groove, a plurality of notches evenly spaced in the peripheral face of said indexing Wheel, a plurality of saw slots evenly spaced between said notches and located in the peripheral face of said indexing wheel, a plurality of indexing pins fixed in one side of said indexing wheel, each pin having an indexing relationship with a corresponding notch and a plurality of hammer anvil guideways located radially in the indexing wheel, said indexing wheel being mounted on said main drive shaft for independent rotation therein, an auxiliary shaft rotatably mounted in said machine frame, a Geneva follower and an indexing sprocket fixed to said auxiliary shaft, said Geneva cam engaging to rotate said Geneva follower, said auxiliary shaft and said indexing sprocket, said indexing sprocket engaging said indexing pins to rotate said indexing wheel, mop roving engaging and being carried by said peripheral groove, a handle hopper provided with a groove and a piston slidably mounted in said groove, secured to said machine frame, a cam follower arm pivotally mounted in the machine frame and pivotally connected to said piston, a roller rotatively mounted on one end of said cam follower arm and adapted to yieldingly engage said rim actuating cam to periodically actuate the piston to push a handle into a notch, a wire staple hopper having piston receiving orifices mounted in said machine frame, a tube secured to said machine frame adjacent said hopper, a second piston slidably mounted in said tube provided with a cam follower adapted to engage said peripheral groove cam whereby said piston through said piston receiving orifices enters said hopper to place a wire staple in one of said notches, a first hammer operatively connected to said elliptical cam forms said wire staple into a U shape in said notch which carries it to a position beneath said mop roving at the handle hopper station where the handle is placed over the wire staple and mop roving, an anvil having means to be operatively connected to said elliptical cam, a second hammer operatively connected to said eccentric cam, combine in said hammer-anvil guideway to drive said staple through said handle and secure said staple to said handle thereby uniting said mop roving to said handle, a bracket slidably mounted in said machine frame, a motor having a rotating knife blade being secured to said bracket, means connecting said eccentric cam to said bracket to periodically place said rotating knife blade in a saw slot to sever said mop roving.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,706,714 Van Veen Mar. 26, 1929 2,187,791 Lipps Jan. 23, 1940 

